Van Thienen (Gerard A.), born 1939

Two volumes (24.5 cm), I (Catalogue): (6) viii, 698 pp. II (Indexes & Concordances): (6) 374 pp. Uniform publisher’s blue cloth (no dust jackets issued). - Census registering 4759 editions (7940 copies) preserved in 85 libraries in The Netherlands. “An admirable addition to the shelf of essential catalogues of incunables” (from a review by Nicolas Barker, in The Book Collector, Spring 1985, pp.114-115). The genesis of the publication is recounted in Quaerendo, volume 5, pp.85-87. Publisher’s retail price €174 (www.brill.com; link). ¶ Fine, unmarked copy.